Hundreds of Australian, American and European sports fans as well as travel agents have been victimized by an online Beijing Olympics ticket seller in a huge scam.

The Melbourne Age newspaper reported that Olympic officials will ask a judge in California to shut down the slick, professional-looking www.beijingticketing.com which boasted of offices in Sydney, London and New York.

The IOC, according to the newspaper, has received complaints from hundreds of alleged victims some of whom handed over as much as US $60,000 for tickets but received none.

When desperate fans checked out the address given on the website as Suite 700, 2415 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona it led to an empty office.

Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today called the listed telephone number and received a recorded message that “the number you have reached is not in service at this time.”

The International Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Committee earlier succeeded in shutting down another suspected Olympic ticket website scam down after they won a restraining order in Phoenix to close www.beijing-tickets2008.com.

The Melbourne Age reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may become involved in the investigation.